{"id":4008,"date":"2023-11-07T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:21:53","slug":"media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/2023\/11\/media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Actor Tatanka Means to speak at UND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Media members welcome to attend event on Wednesday, Nov. 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/tatanka-Means-approved-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4018 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/tatanka-Means-approved-image.jpg\" alt=\"Tatanka Means\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/tatanka-Means-approved-image.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/tatanka-Means-approved-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/tatanka-Means-approved-image-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who: <\/strong>Tatanka Means, Indigenous actor, comedian and entrepreneur<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: <\/strong>Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 6 p.m. \u2013 7 p.m., 30-minute Q and A following the speech, and then meet-and-greet from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: <\/strong>Memorial Union, Ballroom D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background: <\/strong>Fresh off his appearance in \u201cKillers of the Flower Moon,\u201d directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, comedian, Hollywood actor and apparel entrepreneur Tatanka Means will give an address in the UND Memorial Union, Ballroom D, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Following the speaking event, there will be a 30-minute Q and A session, and then a meet-and-greet session. The event will conclude at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatankameans.com\/about.html\">bio,<\/a> Means \u201cperforms stand-up comedy throughout Indian Country spreading laughter and messages of motivation and inspiration to all ages. He is one of the busiest and most sought after touring Native comedians. Means has developed his own apparel company, Tatanka Clothing, which is street wear designed to uplift and inspire cultural empowerment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was also named \u201cEntertainer of The Year\u201d by the National Indian Gaming Association and is \u201cproud to be both an alcohol and drug-free sober performer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Means is currently filming Kevin Costner\u2019s new epic western saga, \u201cHorizon.\u201d He can be seen next in \u201cWind River: Rising,\u201d \u201cOuter Range,\u201d and \u201cECHO,\u201d which will be out next year.<\/p>\n<p>Passport parking is available on the ground floor of the ramp located at the corner of North Columbia Road and University Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>A UND student ID is not required for the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8211;30&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media members welcome to attend event on Wednesday, Nov. 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[543,535],"class_list":["post-4008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-affinity","tag-diversity-inclusion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MEDIA ADVISORY: Actor Tatanka Means to speak at UND - Press Releases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Media members welcome to attend event on Wednesday, Nov. 15\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/2023\/11\/media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MEDIA ADVISORY: Actor Tatanka Means to speak at UND - Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Media members welcome to attend event on Wednesday, Nov. 15\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/2023\/11\/media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T15:30:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-16T17:21:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/11\/tatanka-Means-approved-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adam Kurtz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adam Kurtz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/press-releases\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/press-releases\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adam Kurtz\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/press-releases\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b93271fa02b3e2b221d63041b0d6b5c9\"},\"headline\":\"MEDIA ADVISORY: Actor Tatanka Means to speak at UND\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-07T15:30:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-16T17:21:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/press-releases\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":277,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/press-releases\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/media-advisory-actor-tatanka-means-to-speak-at-und\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/press-releases\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/tatanka-Means-approved-image.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Affinity\",\"Diversity &amp; 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